Men's Lacrosse

Men's Lacrosse Plays First of Two Straight America East Road Games at Stony Brook on Saturday

The UMBC men's lacrosse team faces
America East Conference defending champion Stony Brook at LaValle
Stadium in Stony Brook, N.Y. on Saturday, April 13. The opening
face-off is set for 4:00 p.m.

The Retrievers (1-1 America East, 4-6
overall) are coming off their most convincing win in their 10-year
league tenure, a 19-6 truimph over Vermont on April 6. Senior
attackman Scott Jones scored
a career-best six goals to lead a potent offensive attack, while
junior face-off specialist Phil Poe recorded a
school-record 23 face-off wins.

The Seawolves (1-1, 6-5) rallied from a
13-4 second-half deficit vs. Binghamton on the same day, but the
Bearcats scored in overtime to prevail, 14-13.

TOP 20 RANKINGS: UMBC's performance vs.
Vermont catapulted the Retrievers into the top 20 nationally in the
following categories...

Scoring
Offense: 17th
(11.28 goals per game)

Man-Up: 10th
(42.9%)

Shot
Pct.: 10th
(31.5%)

Face-Off
Pct.: 17th
(53.1%)

A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT. Stony Brook
rallied from a nine-goal deficit to tie the game at 13, but
Binghamton's Michael Antinozzi's goal with 1:02 left in the first
overtime lifted the Bearcats to a 14-13 win over the Seawolves
Saturday at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.Freshmen Challen Rogers and
Brody Eastwood each scored three goals for Stony Brook (6-5, 1-1
America East), which scored four goals over the first 42-plus
minutes and nine in the final 20. Eastwood and senior attackman
Jeff Tundo lead SBU with 26 goals each, while Tundo has a team-best
46 total points. The Seawolves are 5-2 on the road in 2013, but
only 1-3 at home.

ALL-TIME SERIES: UMBC leads the all-time
series, 11-7, but the Seawolves have captured the last three
contests. The Retrievers are 5-3 in eight previous meetings at
SBU.

THE LAST TIME WE MET: Scott Jones tied a
career-high with five goals and led a furious comeback, but the
host Retrievers fell to Stony Brook, 10-8, before 960 fans at UMBC
Stadium on April 14, 2012. The Retrievers trailed, 9-2, late in the
third quarter, but exploded for five goals in the span of 3:11 to
trim the deficit to 9-7 with 12:17 remaining. The Retrievers had
two possessions to cut the lead to one, but committed turnovers in
each case. The second miscue led to a Seawolf fast break and
freshman attackman Mike Rooney scored to restore a three-goal
visitor margin at 10-7 with 8:11 to play.

UP NEXT: UMBC returns to the state of New York to face America
East rival No. 12 Albany on Friday, April 19 at 7:00 p.m.